Displays can have separate Spaces in Mavericks. You can now sync text shortcuts with iOS using iCloud. In Mavericks, you can create a keyboard shortcut to quickly compress any Finder item with just a hotkey.

You can disable iCloud storage on an app-by-app basis in Mavericks. This will also disable the iCloud Document Library that apps show when launched without open documents.

In this screen, you can also click Change Security Code… to enter a new four-digit numeric security code and click Advanced to create a random or complex security code.

The Software Update preference panel is gone. Mavericks can install app updates automatically like iOS 7. Photo Booth has a new Plastic Camera effect and other effects have been tweaked for this update such as moon becoming hologram.

You can put a full-screen app next to the Dashboard and even move the Dashboard from the left and all the way to the right or in between Spaces.

In the Maps app, you can use the View menu to tweak many visual settings such as labels in local languages, large labels, as well as a useful scale.

Available updates in the Mac App Store have a new contextual menu to install now or schedule for later.

The App Store will show updates scheduled to be installed in a separate section. When right-clicking a Calendar search result, the contextual menu now shows new options to email or message all invitees.

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Mavericks is the latest version of OS X that builds upon the foundation of Mountain Lion to offer new apps like Maps and iBooks, redesigned system apps, and new energy-saving technologies like App Nap and Safari Power Saver.

At MacStories, we enjoy finding all the little tweaks and hidden features that come with a brand new OS X version each year. Mavericks' release was announced today at Apple's media event in San Francisco, and it's available for free on the Mac App Store.

We will have more articles on Mavericks throughout the week in our Mavericks hub on MacStories. In the meantime, you can enjoy our collection of tips and tricks to get the most out of Mavericks, and read my article on working with Mavericks.

The gesture to show the Desktop by holding down your thumb and spreading with three fingers has been reworked to allow for a gradual activation.

Try this by holding down four fingers and slowly spreading to show the Desktop. In Mavericks, there is a new character popover to access emoji and other special characters.

You can view recently used emoji and swipe down in the popover to show a search field that lets you find a specific emoji by name. You can also access the old-style Special Characters window by clicking the icon next to the search field.

Tags are auto-completed from existing tags on your Mac. From that field, you can add tags and remove them; Spotlight comments have been moved further down the panel.

No more Terminal hacks! You can right-click on a book in your Library to show a contextual menu with various options like Show in iBooks Store or New Collection From Selection.

You can right-click a word to show a contextual menu with options for annotations and research in your default browser.

Notification Center has gained a new battery notification for low power it replaces the old modal dialog.

Banner notifications now show contact photos for Messages; you can put your cursor over a message notification to quickly reply to it without opening the Messages app.

There is a new Messages button to quickly send a message from the top of Notification Center. Clicking it will open a small compose box similar to the Tweet and Facebook widgets.

There are three new shortcuts for the Sidebar under the View menu: Right-clicking a bookmark in the Favorites Bar to Edit Address no longer takes you to the bookmarks manager.

You can right-click a shared link in the Sidebar to show a contextual menu to open a link in a new tab or new window, update shared links, and, for Twitter links, retweet a tweet and show the original tweet and author on the Twitter website.

The segmented controls at the top are gone and you can now use dropdown menus and the Advanced button to access various settings. The Input Sources tab in the Keyboard preferences panel has been redesigned to show a preview of a keyboard layout.